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Full OrchestraGrade 5Code 18527

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Boysen · Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Performances172006–2025
Schools16
Avg concert1.351 is best
Straight ones65%11 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

  • Concert
  • Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 5 Full Orchestra piece performed since 2006.

1.1%of 1,559 performances

17 of this piece vs 1,542 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Madison HSavg 1.52×
  • Amarillo High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Austin High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Coronado HSavg 1.01×
  • Eaton High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Grand Prairie High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • John M Harlan High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Mayde Creek High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Procession of the Sardar (From Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-IvanoffGr 4 · avg 1.34×
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues — BachString Orchestra · Gr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • American Salute — GouldGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Andalucia Suite — LecuonaGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Andante Festivo — SibeliusString Orchestra · Gr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 — BachString Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 2.01×
  • Carmen Suite No. 2 — BizetGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Declaration Overture — SmithGr 4 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 17 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025John M Harlan High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Mvt. 3 — Bach
  • Declaration Overture — Smith
Matthew SaltibusVarsity21
2025Ryan High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Simple Symphony (play one mvt: Sentimental Saraband) — Britten
  • Andalucia Suite (play all) — Lecuona/Jenkins
Jeremy AtkinsVarsity11
2023Eaton High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Night in Mexico (6048) — Creston
  • Rumanian Folk Dances (5948) (play three mvts) — Bartok
David FernandezVarsity11
2020Madison HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Slavonic Dances Op.46 (6052) (# 1-8) (play one) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Dvorak
  • Rest (18455) (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli
Don BustosVarsity21
2020Mayde Creek High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (6495) (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ
  • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) (5983) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
Michael ChandlerVarsity12
2018McKinney North High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips
  • American Salute — Gould
Margaret BrownVarsity11
2018San Marcos High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Sinfonia in D (play one) — Saint-Georges/Levenson
  • Soliloquy (for Orchestra) — Mcbrien
Christopher HansonVarsity21
2016Amarillo High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Sea Songs (Quick March) — Anon.or Trad./Vaughn Williams
  • Overture tone poem or one mvt of a symphony — Franz Schubert
Alejandra AldereteVarsity11
2016Austin High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • The Damnation of Faust Hungarian March (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Berlioz/
  • Nimrod — Elgar/
Ana Maria Solis-HerreraVarsity11
2015Coronado HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ
Laura FlanaganVarsity11
2015South Grand Prairie HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Andante Festivo — Sibelius/
  • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
David FlemingVarsity22
2012Madison HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Prelude (from La Traviata) — Verdi/Herfurth
  • Old Ironsides Champion of the Seas — Woolstenhulme
Don BustosVarsity11
2011McKinney Boyd High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
  • Yorkshire Ballad — Barnes
Michael LinkVarsity11
2010Westwood HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Five Early American Tunes Mvt 1 Chester (Option 1 3rd selection) — Adler
  • Carmen Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Bizet
Susan WilliamsNon Varsity11
2008Montwood High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Marche Militaire Francaise (from Algerian Suite) — Saint-Saens/Isaac
  • Concerto in A for Clarinet and Orchestra Adagio — Mozart
BarbaraVarsity11
2008Ross S. Sterling High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1 First Movement — Beethoven
  • Thunder & Lightning Polka — Strauss Joh Jr./Isaac
Richard Clem and Stuart EisenVarsity21
2006Grand Prairie High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Prairiesong — Carl Strommen
  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
Richard GalvanVarsity22

  • John M Harlan High School

    2025 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Saltibus

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Mvt. 3 — Bach
    • Declaration Overture — Smith

  • Ryan High School

    2025 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jeremy Atkins

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Simple Symphony (play one mvt: Sentimental Saraband) — Britten
    • Andalucia Suite (play all) — Lecuona/Jenkins

  • Eaton High School

    2023 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    David Fernandez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Night in Mexico (6048) — Creston
    • Rumanian Folk Dances (5948) (play three mvts) — Bartok

  • Madison HS

    2020 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Don Bustos

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Slavonic Dances Op.46 (6052) (# 1-8) (play one) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Dvorak
    • Rest (18455) (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli

  • Mayde Creek High School

    2020 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Chandler

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (6495) (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ
    • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) (5983) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac

  • McKinney North High School

    2018 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Margaret Brown

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips
    • American Salute — Gould

  • San Marcos High School

    2018 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Christopher Hanson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia in D (play one) — Saint-Georges/Levenson
    • Soliloquy (for Orchestra) — Mcbrien

  • Amarillo High School

    2016 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Alejandra Alderete

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sea Songs (Quick March) — Anon.or Trad./Vaughn Williams
    • Overture tone poem or one mvt of a symphony — Franz Schubert

  • Austin High School

    2016 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Ana Maria Solis-Herrera

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Damnation of Faust Hungarian March (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Berlioz/
    • Nimrod — Elgar/

  • Coronado HS

    2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Laura Flanagan

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ

  • South Grand Prairie HS

    2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    David Fleming

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Andante Festivo — Sibelius/
    • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac

  • Madison HS

    2012 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Don Bustos

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Prelude (from La Traviata) — Verdi/Herfurth
    • Old Ironsides Champion of the Seas — Woolstenhulme

  • McKinney Boyd High School

    2011 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Link

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
    • Yorkshire Ballad — Barnes

  • Westwood HS

    2010 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Susan Williams

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Five Early American Tunes Mvt 1 Chester (Option 1 3rd selection) — Adler
    • Carmen Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Bizet

  • Montwood High School

    2008 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Barbara

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Marche Militaire Francaise (from Algerian Suite) — Saint-Saens/Isaac
    • Concerto in A for Clarinet and Orchestra Adagio — Mozart

  • Ross S. Sterling High School

    2008 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Richard Clem and Stuart Eisen

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony No. 1 First Movement — Beethoven
    • Thunder & Lightning Polka — Strauss Joh Jr./Isaac

  • Grand Prairie High School

    2006 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Richard Galvan

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Prairiesong — Carl Strommen
    • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster